Manchester Block

Ships which brought Manchester Block Immigrants
to New Zealand

The Emigrant and Colonists' Aid Corporation Scheme

Be aware that not ALL passengers on these ships were destined for the Manchester Block.

Transcribed from the Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1874 Session I, D-08.

"The pioneer party of immigrants sent out under the Corporation's auspices arrived in the Colony by the "Duke of Edinburgh" in January of this year, and up to the present date (31 July 1874) the following shipments have been made:-

SHIP	PORT OF DEPARTURE	DATE OF DEPARTURE	PORT OF ARRIVAL	DATE OF ARRIVAL	PASSENGER LIST	Notes

Duke of Edinburgh	Gravesend	8 September 1873	Wellington	28 December 1873	Yes	Arrived with 25½ statute adults
Salisbury	London	5 October 1873	Wellington	19 January 1874	Yes	Arrived with 62½ statute adults
Ocean Mail	Gravesend	9 November 1873	Wellington	2 February 1874	Yes	Arrived with 89 statute adults
Mongol	London	12 December 1873	Wellington	26 February 1874	Yes	Arrived with 10 statute adults
Woodlark	London	9 December 1873	Wellington	24 March 1874	Yes	Arrived with 59 statute adults
Golden Sea	Gravesend	29 Jan 1874	Wellington	1 May 1874	Yes	Arrived with 54½ statute adults
La Hogue	Gravesend	20 Feb 1874	Wellington	26 May 1874	Yes	Arrived with 59½ statute adluts
Waikato	London	18 March 1874	Wellington	11 July 1874	Yes	Arrived with 22½ statute adults
Euterpe	London	27 April 1874	Wellington	30 August 1874	Yes	Arrived with 102 ststute adults

Other ships that brought immigrants for the Manchester Block.

SHIP	PORT OF DEPARTURE	DATE OF DEPARTURE	PORT OF ARRIVAL	DATE OF ARRIVAL	PASSENGER LIST	Notes

Douglas	London	2 July 1874	Wellington	22 October 1874	Yes	Arrived with 107½ statute adults
Star of India	London	30 July 1874	Wellington	10 November 1874	Yes	Arrived with 55 statute adults
Howrah	London	26 August 1874	Wellington	30 November 1874	Yes	Arrived with 40½ statute adults
Carnatic	Plymouth	22 September 1874	Picton	10 January 1875	Yes	Arrived with 73 statute adults
Berar	London	18 October 1874	Wellington	22 January 1875	Yes	Arrived with 55½ statute adults
Hindostan	London	10 February 1875	Port Chalmers	22 May 1875	Yes	Arrived with 9 statute adults
Collingwood	London	13 April 1875	Wellington	9 July 1875	Yes	Arrived with 8½ statute adults
Himalaya	London	24 July 1875	Lyttelton	17 November 1875	Yes	Arrived with 4 statute adults
Waipa	Gravesend	17 December 1875	Wellington	2 April 1876	Yes	Arrived with 52 statute adults
Waimea	London	2 July 1876	Wellington	4 October 1876	Yes	Arrived with 56½ statute adults
Howrah	London	29 July 1876	Wellington	18 November 1876	Yes	Arrived with 9½ statute adults
Fritz Reuter *	Hamburg, Germany	11 April 1876	Wellington	4 August 1876	Yes	Arrived with 65½ statute adults
Hurunui	Plymouth	23 September 1876	Wellington	18 February 1877	Yes	Arrived with 22½ statute adults
Leicester	Gravesend	21 October 1876	Wellington	20 January 1877	Yes	Arrived with 22½ statute adults
Rakaia	London	17 November 1876	Wellington	28 February 1877	Yes	Arrived with 10 statute adults
Loch Dee	Gravesend	20 November 1876	Port Chalmers	21 February 1877	???	Arrived with 8 statute adults
Northampton	London	16 December 1876	Wellington	3 April 1877	Yes	Arrived with 46½ statute adults
Wennington	London	24 February 1877	Wellington	19 June 1877	???	Arrived with 21½ statute adults
City of Madras	Gravesend	14 April 1877	Wellington	12 July 1877	Yes	Arrived with 23 statute adults
Waimate	London	6 June 1877	Lyttleton	3 September 1877	Yes
Wairoa	London	7 July 1877	Wellington	20 October 1877	Yes
Hurunui	Plymouth	8 September 1877	Wellington	12 December 1877	Yes
Gainsborough	London	23 October 1877	Wellington	8 March 1878	Yes
Waikato	London	19 January 1878	Lyttelton	27 April 1878	Yes
Abeona	Gravesend	27 April 1878	Wellington	19 August 1878	Yes	Partial list
Stad Haarlem	Plymouth	15 February 1879	Wellington	18 April 1879	Yes
Rakaia	Plymouth	30 May 1879	Wellington	9 September 1879	Yes
Eastminster	London	25 October 1879	Wellington	18 January 1880	Yes

* These immigrants were, by arrangement with the Government, selected by Mr. Halcombe for settlement
on the Manchester Block.

The number of statute adults (above) per ship were taken from the:-

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1877 Session I, H-27

For more information on "The Emigrants & Colonists Aid Corporation" or the "Manchester Block", check out the following websites:-

The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District] - Feilding

The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District] - Halcombe

The Settlement of Feilding and the Manchester Block

The Manchester Block

The Fielding Settlement (Report on the progress and present condition of).

Emigrant and Colonist's Aid Corporation (Limited)

Correspondence relating to the introduction of immigrants under the contract with the Emigrant and Colonist's Aid Corporation

The Feilding Settlement - Chapter I - Chapter II

The Feilding Settlement - Report by A. Follett Halcombe

Halcombe to Ashhurst

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